Mujinjang Fire Station Provides Free Residential Fire Safety Equipment to Vulnerable Groups

Mujinjang Fire Station will provide free residential fire safety equipment to fire-vulnerable groups, including basic livelihood security recipients and near-poverty groups, until May 30. Photo by Mujinjang Fire Station

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Go Dallyeong] Mujinjang Fire Station (Chief Park Deokgyu) announced on the 26th that it will provide free residential fire safety equipment to fire-vulnerable groups, including basic livelihood security recipients and lower-income groups, until the 30th of this month.

This free distribution is being promoted to address fire blind spots caused by residential fires, which accounted for 21% of all fires (1,299 out of 6,172 cases) and 57.1% of fire fatalities (28 out of 49 deaths) over the past three years, and to implement a pro-citizen safety policy by supplying free residential fire safety equipment to economically disadvantaged fire-vulnerable households.

Residential fire safety equipment refers to fire extinguishers and standalone smoke detectors, which are mandatory to install in single-family, multi-family, and row houses according to the "Act on Fire Prevention, Installation and Maintenance of Firefighting Facilities, and Safety Management."

This year, Mujinjang Fire Station is installing 580 fire extinguishers and 1,360 standalone smoke detectors primarily for vulnerable groups, and continues to promote free distribution through fire-free safe villages and follow-up management.

Additionally, to expand residential fire safety equipment to both vulnerable (priority) and general groups, a one-stop support center is operating to assist from purchase to installation of residential fire safety equipment.

Park Deokgyu, Chief of Mujinjang Fire Station, said, "We hope that the free distribution of residential fire safety equipment will greatly help in fire prevention," and urged, "We ask for cooperation in installing fire extinguishers and standalone smoke detectors in every household."

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